God’s Voice
By Nancy Levine Access to Humla, the farthest northwestern district in Nepal, depends on very elemental factors. The flight path […]
Got Milk? And How!
By Hari Bansh Jha Seventy-year-old Doodh Dhari Baba lives on two liters of milk a day and nothing else. His
Women’s day in Nepal
By Sushma Joshi Hinduism Todayhas received reports from Nepal that in 1999, members of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)
The Maoist Threat
Amnesty International regularly reports on human rights issues in Nepal resulting from the antagonism between the ruling Nepali Congress Party
Whither the Hindu Kingdom
Nepal is vivified legend, walled in by two powerful Hindu traditions–Natha and Pasupata Saivite–just as it is enclosed by the
Nepal Flirts With Dowry
By Hari Bansh Jha Apart from her beauty, a nepalese girl in the Terai region needs a fat dowry to
Durga’s Delight
In the fall of every year, Nepal’s Kathmandu Valley revels in the colorful ten-day Dasain festival, celebrating the victory of
Nepal’s Home Art: Literally Off the Wall
By Hari Bansh Jha In an historically and religiously rich territory spanning a portion of northeast India and southern Nepal,
Worship in Wood
PHOTOGRAPHS BY THOMAS L. KELLY By Dr. Hari Bansh Jha, Kathmandu, Nepal In the Hindu Kingdom of Nepal, one need
Whither Nepal?
By Hari Bansh Jha In the wake of the visit of Indian saint Mukunda Sharan to Jawalakhel, Lalitpur, some time